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Young voices on climate change
The Young Voices on Climate Change films present positive success stories of youth, ages 11 to 17, taking the lead in finding local solutions to the climate crisis and reducing the carbon…
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S.C.’s Oconee Reactors Present Hazards
Columbia, S.C.—In an annual report released on March 8, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed that four of seven operating nuclear reactors in South Carolina were at a “degraded” leve…
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Aging Vermont Yankee Reactor Relicensed as Japan Crisis Unfolds
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday extended the operating license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor plant, even though the plant has leaked radioact…
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President Asked to Release Info about Japanese Disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Several national watchdog and environmental groups today sent President Obama a letter urging him to release information about radioactive contamination stemming from the nucl…
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Obamas Refusal to Put Brakes on Dangerous Reactors Called Irresponsible
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the reactor crisis in Japan escalated toward worst-case scenarios, President Obama was rebuked today for reiterating his support for dangerous reactors in the U.S.
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FAQ on the Nuclear Reactor Crisis in Japan
Friends of the Earth received many questions and comments regarding the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan. We have compiled several of those questions and will be adding more to this page as more qu…
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Financial Analysts Downgrade Nuclear Power
FINANCIAL ANALYSTS DOWNGRADE NUCLEAR POWER IN WAKE OF JAPAN CRISIS “Standard and Poor’s warned clients that the risk of cancellations or delays for existing and future nuclear projects has inc…
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Washington State Utility Contemplating Use of Same Dangerous Plutonium Fuel that Threatens Japan
Fukushima Daiichi reactor number 3 – one of the reactors in Japan that has suffered a partial meltdown and that remains endangered – is using an unusual, highly volatile form of reactor fuel…